(a) Appointment.— There is a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy, who shall be appointed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and shall report to the Under Secretary.

(b) Responsibilities.— The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy shall be the principal advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics in the performance of the Under Secretary’s duties relating to the following:

(2)Establishing policies of the Department of Defense for developing and maintaining the defense industrial base of the United States and ensuring a secure supply of materials critical to national security.

(3)Providing recommendations on budget matters pertaining to the industrial base, the supply chain, and the development and retention of skills necessary to support the industrial base.

(4)Providing recommendations and acquisition policy guidance on supply chain management and supply chain vulnerability throughout the entire supply chain, from suppliers of raw materials to producers of major end items.

(5)Establishing the national security objectives concerning the national technology and industrial base required under section
2501 of this title.

(6)Executing the national defense program for analysis of the national technology and industrial base required under section
2503 of this title.

(7)Performing the national technology and industrial base periodic defense capability assessments required under section
2505 of this title.

(8)Establishing the technology and industrial base policy guidance required under section
2506 of this title.

(9)Executing the authorities of the Manufacturing Technology Program under section
2521 of this title.

(10)Providing policy and oversight of matters related to materials critical to national security to ensure a secure supply of such materials to the Department of Defense.

(11)Carrying out the activities of the Department of Defense relating to the Defense Production Act Committee established under section 722 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 App. U.S.C. 2171).

(12)Consistent with section 2(b) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 App. U.S.C. 2062(b)), executing other applicable authorities provided under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 App. U.S.C. 2061 et seq.), including authorities under titles I and III of such Act.

(13)Establishing policies related to international technology security and export control issues.

(14)Establishing policies related to industrial independent research and development programs under section
2372 of this title.

(15)Coordinating with the Director of Small Business Programs on all matters related to industrial base policy of the Department of Defense.

(16)Ensuring reliable sources of materials critical to national security, such as specialty metals, armor plate, and rare earth elements.

(17)Establishing policies of the Department of Defense for continued reliable resource availability from secure sources for the industrial base of the United States.

(18)Such other duties as are assigned by the Under Secretary.

(c) Rule of Construction.— Nothing in subsection (b)(9) may be construed to limit the authority or modify the policies of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States established under section 721(k) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 App. U.S.C. 2170(k)).

(d) Materials Critical to National Security Defined.— In this section, the term “materials critical to national security” has the meaning given that term in section
187(e)(1) of this title.

The Defense Production Act of 1950, referred to in subsec. (b)(12), is act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, 64 Stat. 798, which is classified generally to section
2061 et seq. of Title 50, Appendix, War and National Defense. Title I of the Act is classified generally to section
2071 et seq. of Title 50, Appendix. Title III of the Act is classified generally to section
2091 et seq. of Title 50, Appendix. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section
2061 of Title
50, Appendix, and Tables.